The practice of applying the provisions of the methodology for calculating the amount of damage caused to water bodies as a result of violations of water legislation (approved by order of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation No. 87 of 13.04.2009), on the offset of measures to prevent excess or excess discharge of harmful (polluting) substances

According to the Environmental Doctrine of the Russian Federation, the «polluter pays principle» is one of the main economic mechanisms that ensure sustainable use of natural resources in market conditions. Oficially it is enshrined in paragraph seven of Article 3 of the Federal Law of January 10, 2002 No. 7-FZ «On Environmental Protection» (hereinafter referred to as the Law on Environmental Protection) under the name of the principle of paid nature use and compensation for environmental damage, and its content was disclosed by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, who noted that this principle «is expressed in the mandatory financing by legal entities and individual entrepreneurs engaged in economic and (or) other activities that lead or may lead to environmental pollution, measures to prevent and (or) reduce the negative impact on the environment elimination of the consequences of this impact» (Decree of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation dated 02.06.2015 No. 12-P).